Improvement in scabbard-frogs



HENRY METCALFE.

"Scabbard Frogs.

No'. 125,604., I' PatentedApri\9,112.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCABBARD-FROGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,604, dated April 9,1872.

To all whom ltmay concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY METCALEE, of New York, in the county of NewYork and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Scabbard- Frogs for Cross-Belts and Waist-Belts,separately and together and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanyin g drawing and to the letters of referenmce marked thereonmaking a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a swivel-frog for sword, bayonet, or other scabbards, so that thesame may be worn with either or both shoulder and waist belts, as willbe hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the saine, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a side view, showing the frog with the bayonet-scabbard,shoulder and waist belts attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective View, showingthe frog as struck out from one piece of sheet-metal. Fig. 3 is asection through the frog.

I stamp or otherwise out out from sheetsteel, or other suitablematerial, a blank, A, in the form of a square, as shown, with a centralhole or perforation, a, and provided with tongues b b and d d projectingfrom its salient angles. The distance between these tongues should beabout equal with the width of the belting used. Two alternate tongues, bb, are each a little longer than half the diagonal of the square, whilethe oth er two tongues dal are about half an inch shorter. They are allthen bent over one hundred and eighty degrees on the line of thecorresponding diagonal, so that they may be parallel to the face of themain plate, the tongues b b about one-quarter of an inch, and thetongues d d about one-eighth of an inch from the plate. Through thecentral hole a is introduced the stem of a button-pivot rivet, B, whichis held by the shoulder e and the brazing of the tongues b b far enoughabove it to admit easily one thickness of the belting between saidunited tongues and the top of the button. The stem of the rivet is thenpassed through a leather lug, C, projecting from the upper end of thescabbard D. One end of the shoulder-belt E, provided with a button-hole,is introduced under one of the tongues d and between it and the unitedtongues b b. It is then passed between the button-head B and the tonguesb until the button can be engaged in the button-hole. The other end ofthe same belt, with the other side uppermost, is passed between theother tongue d and the tongues b, and engaged in the same manner as therst end. The waist-belt G is slipped under the united tongues b b andover the tongues d d. The main plate A may be circular as well aspolygonal, and may be cut out in one piece with the tongues, or they maybe made separately and fastened on in any suitable or desirable manner.,Their number may be varied at pleasure and the whole thing may be, ifdesired, attached directly to the scabbard, be it for sword, bayonet, orother weapon, by riveting the button-pivot thereon. By means of such anattachment the sword, bayonet, or other weapon may be worn withshoulder-belt or waist-belt or both, as may be desired, and the scabbardallowed free play to adapt itself to every position of the wearer.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A metallic or other plate, A, provided with central perforation a andtongues b b and d d, or their equivalents, and used in combination witha button-pivot rivet, B, substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand this7th day of October, 187i.

HENRY METGALFE. Witnesses Guns. P. HILL, E. G. SEUETLEEF.

